The Joint Replacement Center
The Joint Replacement Center at Hudson Valley Hospital Center attracts patients from New York City to Albany and provides a full continuum of specialized care from outpatient, inpatient and rehabilitation services.
Our comprehensive program focuses on education, pre-surgery preparation with an integrated approach to group and individual therapies to support a rapid and successful return to good health.
Prior to surgery, joint replacement patients are often live with advanced arthritis or other degenerative joint diseases and are unable to manage their pain with medications, modification of activity or physical therapy. Due to a variety of factors, our surgeons are seeing younger patients who require joint replacement surgery.
What are the deciding factors for joint replacement surgery?
- Persistent pain even when your joint is at rest making sleep difficult
- Substantial pain even after using non surgical options such as medications or physical therapy.
- Reduction in ability to work or enjoy recreational activities.
- Avoiding the use of the joint because of significant pain
- Reaching the point when pain controls your entire life
Your Team
United by a highly specialized team of physicians, nurses and technicians, the Joint Replacement Center offers the area’s best surgical options for its patients. The interdisciplinary team’s two primary focuses include positive outcomes with the highest level of compassion. Our team includes orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, specially-trained nurses, physical and occupational therapists and case managers.
The Center’s Medical Director, Scott Russinoff, MD, is a fellowship trained, orthopedic surgeon known for his extraordinarily low infection rates and comforting bed side manner.
In late 2011, it is expected that the Center will open new offices at the Medical Office Building currently under construction adjacent to the hospital.
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